The rhizome of the multidrug-resistant enterobacter aerogenes genome reveals how new "Killer Bugs" are created because of a sympatric lifestyle

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 369-383

  Diene, Seydina M ^a   Merhej, Vicky ^a   Henry, Mireille ^a   El Filali, Adil ^a   Roux, Véronique ^a   Robert, Catherine ^a   Azza, Saïd ^a   Gavory, Frederick ^b   Barbe, Valérie ^b   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial lifestyle; Enterobacter aerogenes; Genome evolution; Klebsiella mobilis; Multidrug resistance; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COLISTIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; PROTEOME; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHIMERA; CODON; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA; MOSAICISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PMRA GENE; PROPHAGE; RHIZOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SERRATIA; SYMPATRY; TRANSPOSON; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROTEOME; RHIZOME; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879295485     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss236     Document Type: Article

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